Miki Hayakawa
I visited Miki Hayakawa’s solo exhibition held at Garo Kunimatsu Aoyama.
Many of Miki Hayakawa’s works take women as their motif, and she incorporates a technique of rendering the face in sumi ink, which gives the overall tone of each piece a taut, focused impression. For the remaining areas, she builds up the whole using Nihonga (Japanese-painting) techniques such as applying color and metal leaf.
The gallery as a whole felt harmonious, as if you were surrounded by many women. She seems to be an artist who originally painted many large-scale works, but this solo show centered on smaller pieces at accessible price points.
Many of the women who serve as her motifs are based on actual models, and she seems to finish each work by adding slight variations.
The photo below is a work completed partway through the exhibition’s run. The texture of the actual piece was truly wonderful.
She currently seems to be active while teaching painting in Tokyo.
An artist to keep an eye on.
